Register: DEC/27/2018, Submit: DEC/27/2018, Eligibility: Anyone, designers, students; individually, teams up to 3 members, Fee: Indian participants: individually 330 INR (Indian rupee), teams 780 INR; foreign participants: individually 7 CAD (Canadian dollar), teams 17 CAD (SEP/13 – OCT/20/2018); Indian participants: individually 400 INR, teams 850 INR; foreign participants: individually 8 CAD, teams 18 CAD (OCT/21 – DEC/27/2018), Awards: 1st Runner 130 CAD, 2nd Runner 80 CAD, 5 Honorable Mentions

The greatest challenges of our time: unprecedented population growth; mass urbanization; climate change; environmental degradation; social, political and economic change; and the rapid advance of myriad technical innovations. The future of humanity on this earth relies on the collective benefits of urban density by means of reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct and operate the horizontally dispersed city. Its time for our cities to grow taller. The upright buildings not just creating increased density not just through sheer height, but by connecting multiple layers of the city. Physical urban infrastructure, circulation, greenery, and urban functions traditionally restricted to the ground level would all, ideally, continue up and into the building, such that the buildings themselves become an extension of the city.

In the urban era the people gets closer and everything gets compact. The cites once grown horizontally now starts its verge vertically. The place of living demands the amenities like space for recreation, work, commercial shopping etc in hands far distance. The world-renowned architect Le Corbusier has given his contribution to the mixed-use building with his unique design philosophy and methods.

The future of humanity on this planet relies on the collective benefits of urban density; reducing both land consumption and the energy needed to construct and operate the horizontally dispersed city. Tall buildings must now be the vehicles for creating increased density not just through sheer height, but by connecting multiple layers of the city. Physical urban infrastructure, circulation, greenery, and urban functions traditionally restricted to the ground level would all, ideally, continue up and into the building, such that the buildings themselves become an extension of the city: a part of the two-dimensional horizontal urban plane flipped vertical.

BRIEF

The vertical city doesn’t ask for a heap of sheets but a concise idea of vertical city with respect to current era. We ask you to chose a site near to your locality not more than 1500 sqm. We suggest you to consider the climatic and geographic factors. The building bye laws or local building rules can be neglected. The concept and design must be original. We ask you to look into the functional as well as aesthetic part of the design.

We don’t want a replica of the conventional mixed-use building. Instead we ask you to design a building which incorporates a group of residence where they can access all the necessary basic needs under one roof.

Website: desiredesigning.in